LGBTQ BUSINESS SCHOOL STUDENT LEADERS: BUILD YOUR NETWORK - SHARE IDEAS - RAISE VISIBILITY

Meet and interact with 80+ fellow LGBTQ MBA & business student leaders from 40+ b-school clubs across the globe. Share ideas and best practices that you & your club have experienced within your own school and learn what others are doing to raise LGBTQ visibility, outreach and awareness on campus, as well as to establish and grow LGBTQ business school organizations.

This is also a great opportunity for those who will be leading their on-campus clubs in 2019-2020 to network with other club leaders and learn how to leverage Reaching Out as a resource.

Please note this event is open to relevant masters students only.

For more information visit: http://www.reachingoutmba.org

This event is intended for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender MBA leaders at their business schools and will have a focus on LGBTQ school clubs. Each school is allotted up to 3 free attendees.

2018 SCHEDULE

April 6th - Friday

7:00PM - OPTIONAL SOCIAL RECEPTION - DOWNTOWN
An opportunity to network with peers from around the globe. 

April 7th - Saturday

8:30 AM - REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

9:00 AM -5:00 PM OPTIONAL VIDEOTAPING: WELCOME MESSAGES FOR THE CLASS OF 2020
Representatives from schools will have the opportunity to tape 60-second welcome messages to LGBTQs (and allies) who will be starting with the class of 2020 in the fall.

9:00 AM - WELCOME & CLUB REPORT OUTS
Reaching Out MBA's Executive Director will welcome everyone and give them an overview of what the organization has planned for the 2018-2019 year. Following the organization update, each attending school will have the opportunity to give an update on important issues, topics, sucesses & challenges it is facing.

10:30 AM - PLENARY: BUILDING ALLIES AT YOUR SCHOOL & WITHIN YOUR CLUB
This workshop will begin with the introduction of strategic thinking and methodology in program design, as well as the sharing of best tactical practices from each club. Focus will be on: 1) Simple toolkit/communication materials for new allies to understand how to provide better support. 2) Motivation mechanisms for allies/ discussion to highlight the gap in involvement levels (if any) across race, social-economic classes and international students, and ways to address it. 3) Allyship within the LGBTQ community & bridging the gap.

12:40 PM - LUNCH PLENARY: SUPPORTING OUR INCOMING LGBTQS
Over lunch (provided by Reaching Out), a series of conversations from experts will focus on developing a successful mentorship & mental support system for incoming students within MBA clubs. Emphasis will be on connecting 1st year students with 2nd year students and staying mentally healthy and engaged (especially the first two months before ROMBA).

2:00 PM - REACHING OUT MBA CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION
Members of the 2018 ROMBA Conference Leadership Team, comprised of students from 10 business schools will preview what is being planned for this year’s Reaching Out LGBTQ MBA & Graduate Conference (October 4-6 in Minneapolis, MN).

2:30 PM - BREAKOUTS

•    Alumni Outreach and Corporate Relations. How can clubs design an alumni outreach program from the ground up? Create, refine, and review your strategies in this session, starting from involvement with individual alumni involvement all the way through corporate sponsorship of school LGBTQ organizations. 
  

•    Connecting with the LGBTQ Community. This session discusses how LGBTQ MBA clubs can better connect with the LGBTQ community. Talk through your own club’s experiences of what has worked, what hasn't worked, and how traction was gained for LGBTQ events in schools and communities. 
  

•    Leveraging Other Groups & School Administration. Clubs can organize events that maximize fundraising and sponsorship opportunities by working with other affinity groups & their administrations on campus. Learn about these tactics and share ideas around creating policy changes and raising awareness for common concerns.

3:00 PM - PLENARY: ENHANCING LGBTQ ADMISSIONS
This session will break up students into small groups to brainstorm strategies for building an organized effort to bring in LGBTQ students based on a series of real-life scenarios. This will be followed by a presentation on how schools have managed to bring up matriculation rates.

4:45 PM - TAKEAWAYS, NEXT STEPS &CLOSING REMARKS FROM REACHING OUT & SUMMIT TEAM

6:00 PM - WOMEN'S MIXER
Location to be announced at Summit

7:30 PM - GROUP DINNER - DOWNTOWN (Dinner Provided by Reaching Out)

Have questions about 2019 Reaching Out MBA LGBT Club Leadership Summit? Contact Reaching Out MBA

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